8 People, 1 house

So I recently found out (by recent I mean a few months ago) that my sister that lives in Colorado will be moving back to Iowa next month. I am extremely excited that she's moving back! But then I found out that she will be living with us. Not a problem you may be thinking, just one person. No, what I mean by my sister moving back is, she will be moving back, along with her husband and two kids. So, 4 people + 4 people already living here, that makes 8 people all under one roof. That's a lot of people.

I'm still somewhat excited that they will be living with us, but there are going to be a lot of changes that take place. First off, I am giving up my room for them to live in. We have recently set up a new "bedroom" that is in our piano room that will be my room for the summer. It is furnished with a couch, a bed, a piano, a desk type thing that is filled with my dad's papers, and a lamp. Pretty classy, huh? And to top that all off, the doors are made by hanging black sheets from curtain hangers in the door frame.

Another major adjustment that will need to be made is my sleeping schedule. The boys (my nephews) wake up somewhere in the neighborhood of 6:30 and 7 in the morning. Yikes... and they go to bed somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 p.m. This is probably going to drive me insane, but I am willing to get past it. I am going to need to learn to be quiet once they have gone to bed, and I am going to have to learn to sleep through all the loud noises that will take place once they have woken up. I firmly believe that I will be able to do the second one, but the whole "being quiet" thing will be tough. I'm afraid that I will come home some night and accidentally knock something over and then will hear one of the boys start crying. I would feel terrible because if that happens, most likely the other boy would start crying, and then my sister or my brother will have to go and help them get back to bed and the whole thing would be my fault.

Those are some of the adjustments that will need to be made, and I hope will be able to manage the change. I think it will make for a very interesting summer, and hopefully it'll be enjoyable.

Will you make the change?